diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagetex/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/sagetex/checksums.ini
index bbb0fdadd37..ec20a91fb3d 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagetex/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagetex/checksums.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 tarball=sagetex-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=f92518caf6e355cc8046847c73446679c3a1c1bc
-md5=46dcd30b18c107cc6f6dca1d47685f51
-cksum=1068602151
-upstream_url=https://github.com/sagemath/sagetex/releases/download/vVERSION/sagetex-VERSION.tar.gz
+sha1=821c8a6ab11ee651d0dcc599c5582fefb6706775
+md5=a7ddbe41ea3d816e839ddda3ec28f89a
+cksum=1768053059
+upstream_url=https://pypi.io/packages/source/s/sagetex/sagetex-VERSION.tar.gz
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagetex/dependencies b/build/pkgs/sagetex/dependencies
index 29f49d5c215..6090d5dc3ac 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagetex/dependencies
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagetex/dependencies
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-$(PYTHON) maxima scipy matplotlib pillow tachyon
+$(PYTHON) maxima scipy matplotlib pillow tachyon pyparsing
 
+To build SageTeX, you just need Python and pyparsing, but to test (SAGE_CHECK=yes)
+SageTeX, you actually need to run Sage, produce plots,...
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diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagetex/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/sagetex/package-version.txt
index 5a958026daa..9575d51bad2 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagetex/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagetex/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.5
+3.6.1